/tags/i-70-crash I-70 Crash en-US Copyright KUNC/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Fri, 31 Dec 2021 02:20:45 GMT /news/2021-12-30/gov-jared-polis-slashes-truckers-prison-term-to-10-years Gov. Jared Polis on Thursday shortened the prison sentence of a truck driver convicted in a deadly crash to 10 years, drastically reducing his original 110-year term that drew widespread outrage. Fri, 31 Dec 2021 02:20:45 GMT /news/2021-12-30/gov-jared-polis-slashes-truckers-prison-term-to-10-years Associated Press /news/2021-12-27/judge-to-consider-bid-to-lower-truckers-110-year-sentence A judge on Monday was set to consider a request from prosecutors to reduce the 110-year prison sentence of a truck driver for an explosive crash that killed four people on Interstate 70. Mon, 27 Dec 2021 18:18:15 GMT /news/2021-12-27/judge-to-consider-bid-to-lower-truckers-110-year-sentence Associated Press /news/2021-12-21/leniency-calls-grow-for-trucker-sentenced-in-i-70-crash An online petition has gathered millions of signatures calling for leniency for a 26-year-old truck driver who was sentenced to 110 years in prison for vehicular homicide in an explosive accident at the base of a Colorado mountain highway that killed four people in 2019. Tue, 21 Dec 2021 22:59:13 GMT /news/2021-12-21/leniency-calls-grow-for-trucker-sentenced-in-i-70-crash Associated Press /npr-news/2021-12-20/after-public-outcry-prosecutor-asks-judge-to-reconsider-truckers-110-year-sentence Rogel Lazaro Aguilera-Mederos was 23 when his semi crashed on a Colorado interstate, causing a fiery pileup that killed four people. More than 4 million people are petitioning to reduce his sentence. Mon, 20 Dec 2021 18:12:00 GMT /npr-news/2021-12-20/after-public-outcry-prosecutor-asks-judge-to-reconsider-truckers-110-year-sentence Rachel Treisman /news/2021-12-14/trucker-sentenced-to-110-years-in-prison-for-fatal-i-70-pileup A truck driver who was convicted of causing a fiery pileup that killed four people and injured six others on Interstate 70 west of Denver was sentenced Monday to 110 years in prison. Tue, 14 Dec 2021 19:16:47 GMT /news/2021-12-14/trucker-sentenced-to-110-years-in-prison-for-fatal-i-70-pileup Associated Press /transportation/2019-05-02/inexperience-causes-deaths-injuries-on-colorado-highways Sixteen people lost their lives and another 337 were injured between 2013 and 2017 because the drivers of large trucks or buses were inexperienced or… Thu, 02 May 2019 23:08:09 GMT /transportation/2019-05-02/inexperience-causes-deaths-injuries-on-colorado-highways Michael de Yoanna /news/2019-05-01/records-company-in-colorado-truck-crash-had-brake-issues The company that owns a semitrailer involved in a fiery pileup that killed four people near Denver had two trucks taken out of service for brake-related… Wed, 01 May 2019 21:15:41 GMT /news/2019-05-01/records-company-in-colorado-truck-crash-had-brake-issues Associated Press /news/2019-04-29/4-colorado-men-identified-as-victims-of-fiery-pileup The four people killed after a semitrailer slammed into vehicles on a crowded stretch of Interstate 70 near Denver were all men from Colorado.The… Mon, 29 Apr 2019 18:07:17 GMT /news/2019-04-29/4-colorado-men-identified-as-victims-of-fiery-pileup Associated Press /news/2019-04-27/texas-man-accused-in-fatal-colorado-crash-appears-in-court A speeding semitrailer whose driver appeared to one witness to be "wide eyed" and "terrified" passed a truck ramp before plowing into other vehicles on a… Sat, 27 Apr 2019 22:56:59 GMT /news/2019-04-27/texas-man-accused-in-fatal-colorado-crash-appears-in-court Associated Press /news/2019-04-26/repairs-begin-on-i-70-after-deadly-pileup-truck-driver-in-custody 2:15 p.m. update:Colorado officials say they hope to reopen a major highway by Saturday morning after the interstate was badly damaged by a fiery crash… Fri, 26 Apr 2019 15:15:24 GMT /news/2019-04-26/repairs-begin-on-i-70-after-deadly-pileup-truck-driver-in-custody Associated Press